Invisible Walls - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 07:14, 3 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 13:02, 9 September 2011

2011-09-09T13:02:16Z

Staffan Björk at 07:39, 12 June 2011

2011-06-12T07:39:26Z

Staffan Björk at 18:28, 7 June 2011

2011-06-07T18:28:26Z

Staffan Björk at 17:17, 7 June 2011

2011-06-07T17:17:45Z

Staffan Björk at 06:55, 6 June 2011

2011-06-06T06:55:13Z

Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

2011-05-09T14:48:46Z

‎Consequences

Staffan Björk at 14:48, 9 May 2011

2011-05-09T14:48:13Z

Staffan Björk at 23:53, 7 May 2011

2011-05-07T23:53:09Z

Staffan Björk at 17:59, 7 May 2011

2011-05-07T17:59:36Z

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Invisible Walls]] are typically used for production or gameplay reasons - in the first case to avoid having to develop too much content and in the second case to ensure that gameplay stays located with a designed part of a [[Game Worlds|Game World]]. Although [[Invisible Walls]] may break [[Spatial Engrossment]] they can be preferable to using [[Traps]], such as bottomless chasms or a sea of lava, if deaths by environmental causes are not meant to be part of a gameplay concept. They may be used together with [[Conditional Passageways]], either as part of the same diegetic game element (e.g. a force field) or just co-located, to motivate players to try and fulfill the requirements to be allowed to use the passageways.
+[[Invisible Walls]] are typically used for production or gameplay reasons - in the first case to avoid having to develop too much content and in the second case to ensure that gameplay stays located with a designed part of a [[Game Worlds|Game World]]. Although [[Invisible Walls]] may break [[Spatial Engrossment]] they can be preferable to using [[Traps]], such as bottomless chasms or a sea of lava, if deaths by environmental causes are not meant to be part of a gameplay concept. They may be used together with [[Conditional Passageways]], either as part of the same diegetic game element (e.g. a force field) or just co-located, to motivate players to try and fulfill the requirements to be allowed to use the passageways. By making certain ways impassable, [[Invisible Walls]] may make the remaining ones into [[Transport Routes]].
 === Diegetic Aspects ===
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 [[Obstacles]],
 [[Memorizing]],
-[[Thematic Consistency]]
+[[Thematic Consistency]],
 ==== with [[Scripted Information Sequences]] ====

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Invisible Walls]] are typically used for production or gameplay reasons - in the first case to avoid having to develop too much content and in the second case to ensure that gameplay stays located with a designed part of a [[Game Worlds|Game World]]. Although [[Invisible Walls]] may break [[Spatial Engrossment]] they can be preferable to using [[Traps]], such as bottomless chasms or a sea of lava, if deaths by environmental causes are not meant to be part of a gameplay concept.
+[[Invisible Walls]] are typically used for production or gameplay reasons - in the first case to avoid having to develop too much content and in the second case to ensure that gameplay stays located with a designed part of a [[Game Worlds|Game World]]. Although [[Invisible Walls]] may break [[Spatial Engrossment]] they can be preferable to using [[Traps]], such as bottomless chasms or a sea of lava, if deaths by environmental causes are not meant to be part of a gameplay concept. They may be used together with [[Conditional Passageways]], either as part of the same diegetic game element (e.g. a force field) or just co-located, to motivate players to try and fulfill the requirements to be allowed to use the passageways.
 === Diegetic Aspects ===
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 [[Invisible Walls]] limit how players can move in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]], either by being [[Obstacles]] or creating [[Inaccessible Areas]]. By showing larger areas than are actually possible to enter, [[Invisible Walls]] can allow both [[Diegetic Consistency|Diegetic]] and [[Thematic Consistency]] through an [[Illusion of Open Space]], and this can be done with limited production means. While this can give players a sense of [[Freedom of Choice]], if players reach or notice the [[Invisible Walls]] they can easily lose this as well as their sense of [[Spatial Engrossment]] as the [[Invisible Walls]] typically breaks the [[Thematic Consistency]] of the game. This means that [[Invisible Walls]] can provide [[Framed Freedom]] for players and that this is either unknown or known to them depending on their own actions.
-[[Invisible Walls]] can be used to create mazes that require [[Memorizing]] to a greater extent to navigate and [[Traverse]] than other mazes.
+[[Invisible Walls]] can be used to create mazes that require [[Memorizing]] to a greater extent to navigate and [[Traverse]] than other mazes. However, they can also be used to simply let players be able to see the spatial location of the goal point of the [[Traverse]] goal but require [[Game World Navigation]] to get there.
 The [[Half-Life series]] as shown how one can use [[Scripted Information Sequences]] together with [[Invisible Walls]] to encourage both [[Spatial Engrossment|Spatial]] and [[Narrative Engrossment]] during gameplay. This by playing out small story snippets in the immediate environment of players while they still allowing them to act.
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 [[Narrative Engrossment]],
 [[Spatial Engrossment]]
 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Levels]],
-[[Scripted Information Sequences]]
+[[Scripted Information Sequences]],
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===

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 === Narration Aspects ===
-Since [[Invisible Walls]] can show parts of game worlds that players cannot affect (at least at some points in time), this can be used to provide diegetic reasons why [[Scripted Animation Sequences]] cannot be affected.
+Since [[Invisible Walls]] can show parts of game worlds that players cannot affect (at least at some points in time), this can be used to provide diegetic reasons why [[Scripted Information Sequences]] cannot be affected.
 == Consequences ==
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 [[Invisible Walls]] can be used to create mazes that require [[Memorizing]] to a greater extent to navigate and [[Traverse]] than other mazes.
-The [[Half-Life series]] as shown how one can use [[Scripted Animation Sequences]] together with [[Invisible Walls]] to encourage both [[Spatial Engrossment|Spatial]] and [[Narrative Engrossment]] during gameplay. This by playing out small story snippets in the immediate environment of players while they still allowing them to act.
+The [[Half-Life series]] as shown how one can use [[Scripted Information Sequences]] together with [[Invisible Walls]] to encourage both [[Spatial Engrossment|Spatial]] and [[Narrative Engrossment]] during gameplay. This by playing out small story snippets in the immediate environment of players while they still allowing them to act.
 == Relations ==
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 [[Thematic Consistency]]
-==== with [[Scripted Animation Sequences]] ====
+==== with [[Scripted Information Sequences]] ====
 [[Narrative Engrossment]],
 [[Spatial Engrossment]]
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 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Levels]],
-[[Scripted Animation Sequences]]
+[[Scripted Information Sequences]]
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===

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 === Diegetic Aspects ===
 Not all [[Invisible Walls]] are invisible, they may be windows or force fields. When they can be fitted within the [[Thematic Consistency]] using pseudo-scientific explanations, e.g. transparent aluminum or force fields, or magical ones, e.g. hexes and pentagrams, this may help maintain [[Thematic Consistency]] better than simply having walls not being possible to see.
 == Consequences ==
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 [[Invisible Walls]] can be used to create mazes that require [[Memorizing]] to a greater extent to navigate and [[Traverse]] than other mazes.
 == Relations ==
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 [[Memorizing]],
 [[Thematic Consistency]]
 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Game Worlds]],
-[[Levels]]
+[[Levels]],
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Invisible Walls]] limit how players can move in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]], either by being [[Obstacles]] or creating [[Inaccessible Areas]]. By showing larger areas than are actually possible to enter, [[Invisible Walls]] can allow both [[Diegetic Consistency|Diegetic]] and [[Thematic Consistency]] through an [[Illusion of Open Space]], and this can be done with limited production means. However, if players reach or notice the [[Invisible Walls]] they can easily lose their sense of [[Spatial Engrossment]] as the walls typically breaks the [[Thematic Consistency]] of the game. This means that [[Invisible Walls]] can provide [[Framed Freedom]] for players and that this is either unknown or known to them depending on their own actions.
+[[Invisible Walls]] limit how players can move in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]], either by being [[Obstacles]] or creating [[Inaccessible Areas]]. By showing larger areas than are actually possible to enter, [[Invisible Walls]] can allow both [[Diegetic Consistency|Diegetic]] and [[Thematic Consistency]] through an [[Illusion of Open Space]], and this can be done with limited production means. While this can give players a sense of [[Freedom of Choice]], if players reach or notice the [[Invisible Walls]] they can easily lose this as well as their sense of [[Spatial Engrossment]] as the [[Invisible Walls]] typically breaks the [[Thematic Consistency]] of the game. This means that [[Invisible Walls]] can provide [[Framed Freedom]] for players and that this is either unknown or known to them depending on their own actions.
 [[Invisible Walls]] can be used to create mazes that require [[Memorizing]] to a greater extent to navigate and [[Traverse]] than other mazes.
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 [[Diegetic Consistency]],
 [[Framed Freedom]],
 [[Illusion of Open Space]],
 [[Inaccessible Areas]],
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 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
 [[Spatial Engrossment]],
 [[Thematic Consistency]]

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 [[Category:Level Design Patterns]]
 ''Obstacles in game worlds that limit the players' movement, but not vision.''